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Originally Posted by Gavia immer
... Suppose the kayak was within 150 feet of shore, he wouldn't be earning a ticket to my thinking.
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The kayak in your scenario is still a boat covered by boat regs any time it's in the water. The MP might ignore a pool toy in daylight, close to shore but if you take an inner tube that far out you can expect negative attention if you don't have a PFD. A kayak, canoe, rowboat, or any boat without adequate lights, might as well be a mine. Just another hazard to navigation.
Not all factory installed lights are adequate either (imo). Boaters should leave their lights on at the dock some night and walk off a bit. Those little dime-size green/red lights aren't the attention getters you might want them to be.
Also, it looks like I implied there was only one person needing a talking to but I'm not overly sympathetic to the kayaker either. I'm glad no one got hurt but that was luck. He might as well have been playing Russian Roulette.
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Originally Posted by jrc
Rule 25 in part: ... which shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision. ...
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As I remembered it, the woman was rowing and the guy was smiling as he waved the lantern!